When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...